Colombia beat USA but both teams go out of Davis Cup Finals

Colombia earned a special feather in their cap on Sunday as they beat the United States 2-1 in the Davis Cup Finals but it was a result that saw both teams fail to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Frances Tiafoe gave the USA the lead with a gutsy 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) win over Nicolas Mejia, saving two match points in the final-set tiebreak for what was his first Davis Cup victory.

But Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros levelled at 1-1 with a famous 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) victory over John Isner and Colombia then clinched the tie when Reilly Opelka and Jack Sock retired when trailing 3-0 to Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. Colombia finished second behind Group E winners Italy, while the United States finished last.

Battling Tiafoe fights to the end

In the team as a replacement for Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe showed his heart is as big as anyone’s out there, battling past Nicolas Mejia in a third-set tiebreak. Mejia saved three match points late in the second set to force a tiebreak but Tiafoe then saved two of his own, down 6-4 in the tiebreak, before clinching victory.

Isner beaten again as Colombia level

It’s not been a good week for Isner, crushed by Jannik Sinner in the defeat by Italy and then, on Sunday, taken out by world No 111 Daniel Elahi Galan.

Isner recovered well from dropping the first set to force it to a decider but the tiebreak didn’t go his way and Elahi Galan claimed a superb win.

Cabal and Farah get the win as Americans retire

With nothing to play for, for either team, the doubles was always going to be a tough task for the American pair against the experience of Cabal and Farah, who’ve been at the top of the game for many years now.

And when Cabal and Farah took the first three games, Opelka and Sock called it a day.

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